Part 1 – 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster “The Blue Goose” Only a few days after the Chicago model car shows in March 2012, I received this beauty from a contact in the Ukraine. I had seen the pre-1945 versions of this car on ebay and at the then-recent show, festooned with Nazi flags in top up or top down versions.A pre-war 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster won the Best of Show award, besting 216 cars from 18 countries and 30 states. The last five award recipients were from the 30s, The Mercedes-Benz 540K is a car built by the German firm from 1936 to 1940. It was one of the largest car of its time. In 2012, a 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster was sold for USD 11.77
1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster by Sindelfingen $9,900,000 SOLD · Jan 29, 2016 · RM Sotheby's
1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster. Upping the ante in the 1930s horsepower race, Mercedes-Benz designers introduced the 8-cylinder 500K (for Kompressor, or supercharger) model in 1934. The supercharger boosted power from 100 hp to 160 hp, and the external exhausts set the style that would carry the company through the rest of the decade. 1937 Mercedes Benz 540K Special Roadster. Retro Cars. Vintage Cars. Photographs of the 1939 Mercedes-Benz 770 K Cabriolet B. 58th Annual Pebble Beach Concours d Mercedes took its all-time record 10th Best of Show at the Pebble Beach Concours when Jim Patterson’s 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Long-Tail Special Roadster won. The Benz beat an all-time toughest class, with 17 strong entries, by our count. It was the 72nd Pebble Beach Concours and one for the record books. The two vehicles on view at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Élégance clearly illustrate the breadth of the company’s interpretation of automotive sportiness in the 1930s: the Mercedes-Benz 500 K Special Roadster from 1934 stands for the highly elegant aesthetics of a sports car, which the Stuttgart brand provided with customised coachwork bodies. gF2mk.